AmericaSpeaks

AmericaSpeaks, "a non-profit organization, engages citizens in the public decisions that impact their lives.

"AmericaSpeaks develops innovative deliberative tools that work for both citizens and decision makers. These tools give citizens an opportunity to have a strong voice in public decision making within the increasingly short timeframes required of decision makers. As a result, citizens can impact decisions and those in leadership positions can make more informed, lasting decisions.

"Since the organization's founding in 1995, AmericaSpeaks methodologies have engaged over 65,000 people in over 50 large-scale forums in all 50 states and the District of Columbia."

Directors
Accessed October 2007:


 * Juanita Boyd Hardy - IBM Global Services (Retired), Washington, DC
 * Damon Hemmerdinger - Board Chair and Co-founder, A&Co, New York, NY
 * Benjamin J. Lieblich - Chief Financial Officer, ProPractica, Inc., Shaker Heights, OH
 * Peter Levine - Director, Center for Information and Research, on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), Washington, DC
 * Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer - Founder and President, AmericaSpeaks, Washington, DC
 * Adam Solomon - Chairman and Co-founder, StoneWater Capital, LLC, New York, NY
 * Ernest H. Urquhart - Board Secretary and Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), San Francisco, CA

National Advisory Board
Accessed October 2007:
 * Tom Allen
 * Derek Bok
 * Bill Bradley
 * John Bridgeland
 * Steve Burkholder
 * Mickey Edwards
 * Archon Fung
 * Bill Galston
 * David Gergen
 * Jim Leach
 * Jane Mansbridge
 * Kay Maxwell
 * Constance Barry Newman
 * Norman Rice
 * Alice Rivlin
 * Barbara Roberts
 * Adam Solomon
 * Lou Tomson
 * Daniel Yankelovich

Contact

 * Web: http://www.americaspeaks.org